Being a little Gigante (oxymoron much) and watching a copy of West Side Story was a good move in founding my belief that Natalie Wood is a serious contender for "prettiest." Shame it wasn't her singing voice.

yeah; spendor in the grass....she was very very pretty. great smile. her movie career was over - i doubt she could have ever regained her place. she looked a little puffy in meteor (just on TV about a week ago). she probably would have moved into made-for-TV movies, lifetime stuff....then even a sitcom! "Natalie!"....single mom, Natalie Carson, starting life over with two young kids, kookie neighbor, sassy black landlord. she's an editor at a local newspaper with a crusty / yet heart-of-gold boss.

You've hit on my all time favorite as a beautiful and talented actress.. I saw her once when she was married to Bob Wagner the first time .. they were in Vegas at a Frank Sinatra show .. she was like a Dresden doll... actually as beautiful off screen as on.

Natalie's was the first celebrity death that made me cry when I was a wee thing. (And it still stands as one of the most horrid and senseless, in a way - not the result of self-abuse like so many stars, but a stupid accident.) She was about to go into a stage production of Anastasia with Sir Laurence Olivier, as I recall, so who knows if her career might have found new life on the stage.

And she reminds me a little of my mom (yes, my mom is very attractive, although Natalie is prettier), so it's funny that in a way, I still miss her.